Roll-paper holder and cutter



N b Model.

J. BRANDT. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

, No. 533,266. Patented Jan. 29; 1895.

whine/om JACOB BRANDT, OF DAVENPORT, IOVA.

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 533,266, dated January29, 1895,.

Application filed August 31, 1894- Serial No. 521,787. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, JACOB BRANDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Davenport, in the county of Scott and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of rollpaper holders and cuttersconsisting of a frame, upon which may be placed a shaft upon which iswound a roll of Wrapping or other paper, a knife fixed to said frameadapted to press against said roll, by which the paper may be torn orcut in any desired length, and the object of my invention is toaccomplish this result by means of the improvements which I will nowdescribe.

Figure 1 is a front view of my device, showing a roll of wrapping paper,with the knife pressed against said roll. Fig. 2 is aview of said devicetaken at cross section on the line YY showing the spring, by means ofwhich the knife is held firmly against the paper. Fig. 3 is an enlargedview of the spring, and Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of parts of mydevice.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

a represents the top part of the frame; b, the bottom, both of which aremade of wood; c-c, the standards, which may be iron castings of thedesired form, and which are fixed to the pieces a, and by means of thefour bolts and nuts dddd.

It will be seen by reference to Fig. 2, that the standards cc are ofpeculiar form, being enlarged at their tops and each provided with aperforation in which rests the shaft e, which supports the knifef, whichis connected with said shaft 6 by means of the curved arms gg. At themiddle of the shaft 6 is joined the lug h, provided with a slot throughwhich passes the bolt 7;, said bolt being provided with a screw head,and a groove in the under side of lug h in which the nut j may travelwhen the position of the knife f is altered. Said lug 71, is best shownin the detail Views 4 and 5.

7c is the spring, made of spring metal and provided with a perforationat each end, as

shown in Fig. 3, which is secured to the piece a, by means of the boltand nut Z, said piece a being cutout or grooved on the under side forthe reception of said spring. I place a metal washer between the head ofthe bolt and nut Z, and the top of the piece a, as well as above andbelow the spring 70. Through the other perforation in the spring 76,lSpassed the bolt 2', a washer being placed between its head and saidspring, said bolt being of sufficient length to pass through the slot inthe lug h, the nut j being placed upon said bolt 11 and fitting looselyin the groove in the lug h. It will now be seen that the spring It beingsecured at each end in the manner described, causes the knife f to beheld firmly against the roll. I provide a perforation through the top ofthe piece a on a line vertical with the bolt '5, large enough to admitthe insertion of ascrew driver, and the bolt 1' being provided with ascrew head when it is desired to increasethe pressure of the knifeagainst the paper roll, which may become necessary as the paper rollbecomes smaller through use. The bolt may be turned by means of saidscrewdriver, bringing the spring is and lug h closer together andconsequently increasingthe tension of the spring.

I prefer to construct the shaft 6, the curved pieces gg and the lug h ofa single casting, although they may be joined togetherin any othersuitable manner. Said lug his curved slightly, as shown in Fig. 2, inorder to facilitate the travel of the nut c' in the groove in the underside of said lug when the position of the knife f is altered.

From the description given, persons skilled in the art will readilyunderstand the construction and mode of operation of my device, and itwill be seen that various changes may be made in the same, such asconstructing one or more of varying sizes adapted to hold differentsizes of paper, the frames joined together in any practical manner,without departing from the scope of my invention.

I am aware that roll paper holders and out ters have been describedheretofore, and do not therefore broadly claim the result which Iaccomplish as new, but limit myself to my method of bringing thepressure of the knife upon the paper roll and the means for adjustingand regulating the tension of the spring.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Ina roll paper holder and cutter, the frame, the shaft e, provided withthe slotted lug, the knife, secured to the shaft at its upper end, thespring, secured to the frame at one 10 end, and a screw bolt and nut;the screw bolt being made to pass through the lower end of the springand the lug, the parts being combined and arranged to operatesubstantially as shown.

2. In a roll paper holder and cutter, the

JACOB BRANDT.

Witnesses:

NELLIE NAGLE, NORA PORTER.

